In 1518, hundreds of people in Strasbourg were struck by an uncontrollable urge to dance. Learn about the bizarre Dancing Plague of 1518 and its mystery.

From the Dance of Dragons to Robert’s Rebellion, House Targaryen’s dynasty could be defined by strife as much as it could by ...

Writer/director Charlie Polinger‘s debut feature, The Plague, captured the attention of critics everywhere last December. If you happened to miss the coming of age psychological horror film in ...

Charlie Polinger achieves a lot with relatively little with his feature directorial debut, “The Plague.” Getting a wide release this week, this slice of psychological horror is quite effective despite ...

William Golding’s 1954 novel “The Lord of the Flies” strands a group of young boys on an island. There, they must fend for themselves, but in the absence of rules and ethics, they devolve into ...

The casual viciousness of children is the centerpiece of the film, which has triggered audiences who grew up in the same era as Polinger. After he directed a 2018 short film named “Sauna” with similar ...

“There's this desire to push boundaries and wreak chaos,” says the director of capturing the liminal tween years in his Cannes Film Festival break-out. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter ...

The story of a plague that caused a town to engage in spontaneous dancing. Boy, 9, feels unwell after hike—parents face devastating reason days later Jake Paul reacts after losing fight to Anthony ...

Adolescence and horror fit together like peanut butter and jelly. There is something about the natural elevation of emotion that comes with puberty – something we can all remember even if we’re long ...

Exclusive: Charlie Polinger's first feature premiered at Cannes and stars Joel Edgerton as the head of a water polo camp made up of boys wreaking havoc upon each other. Adolescence, and especially at ...

VEHICLES. WELL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CONFIRMING THE FIRST CASE OF THE PLAGUE. AND TONIGHT, SEVEN WANTS TO KEEP YOU SAFE. COREY HOWARD IS LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE, WHERE CORY MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE ...